Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading Berkshire
Wedding Photography

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  • A short selection of photos featuring several weddings at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield near Reading Berkshire


Hey why not take a look at this photo slideshow featuring 10 of the many weddings Peter has photographed and videoed at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield near Reading Berkshire. The slideshow runs from the getting ready and arrivals to some of the later day parties. The slideshow should give you a really good feel for what happens on a wedding day at this lovely wedding venue. See the photos in this slideshow or in this short sample gallery below:


Background Information and Highlights

The Mill House Hotel Swallowfield has been a popular wedding venue for very many years and I have worked there lots of times shooting both photography and video as well as attending as a wedding guest.

This gallery features 10 of the weddings I have shot at the Mill House Hotel. I am based just a few minutes drive away in nearby Burghfield.

The hotel is in a rural location a few short miles south of Reading Berkshire and is easily reached from the nearby M4 and M3 motorways. There is lots of free onsite car parking available for guests.

There are two rooms licensed for wedding ceremonies. The smaller Cottage Suite can take around 50 guests and the larger Garden Room around 120. The Garden Room has a particularly nice outlook onto the gardens and has plenty of natural light streaming through the large windows. And there is of course the opportunity to have an outdoor ceremony weather permitting - as you’ll see in this photo gallery!

The gardens to the rear of the Mill House Hotel are large and varied. Everywhere is well maintained and has lots of alternative spots suitable for all the essential posed group photos etc. It is also possible to leave the gardens via a side gate and shoot some extra photos with fields as a backdrop.

The registrars responsible for wedding ceremonies at the Mill House Hotel allow a good range of professional photography and video activity, and so it is possible to have a comprehensive photo and video record of your marriage ceremony.

A permanent marquee is erected at the far end of the gardens and this is where the wedding breakfast and evening dancing normally take place.

See lots more wedding photo galleries including e.g. Peter’s Wokefield Estate Hotel, Peter’s Roseate Hotel, Peter’s Old Mill Aldermaston, Peter’s St Michaels Church Heckfield, Peter’s Warbrook House, Peter’s Cantley House Hotel, Peter’s Elvetham Hotel, Peter’s Christ Church Reading, Peter’s Rivervale Barn, Peter’s Crowne Plaza Hotel, Peter’s Sonning Golf Club, and many more.

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"Many thanks we are over the moon you've done a fab job"

Denise & Michael S (Mill House Hotel)

"Just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you for all your help on our wedding day, we really appreciated your efforts. You provide a very professional service at very reasonable rates and we’d not hesitate to recommend your services to anyone"

Harry & Erika E (Mill House Hotel)

"We would like to thankyou so very much for photographing our wedding. Your professionalism made a lot of people more relaxed especially those who hate having their pictures taken, and thankyou for your very relaxed approach during the entire day. And the photos are fantastic, thank you so much"

Sharon & Gary H (Mill House Hotel)

"The photos are great, everyone loves them! They’re fantastic. And our two wonderful Graphi albums look brilliant, amazing!"

Sara & Jim H (Mill House Hotel)

"Sorry its taken so long to give you our list of the prints we would like - its taken us all this time just to decide which ones we want there are so many!!!"

Claire & James G (Mill House Hotel)

"We are delighted with our photos. You did a fantastic job - especially given the number of formal pictures we wanted and the lighting conditions!"

Karen & Chris D (Mill House Hotel)

"Thank you so much, the photos are great. I will write a fab testimonial when I get a minute! And thank you SO MUCH for all your help on the day"

Becky & Shaun F (Mill House Hotel)


The Mill House Hotel wedding venue in Swallowfield near Reading Berkshire seen as you approach from the country lane

The Mill House Hotel wedding venue in Swallowfield near Reading Berkshire seen as you approach from the country lane

The cedar pavilion gazebo set up ready for the outdoor wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

I usually start the coverage with some establishing photos of the venue outside and inside plus some detail shots of flowers, dresses, shoes, jewellery, and suchlike. These look terrific in a montage at the start of your wedding album. The photo at the top of the page shows the exterior of the frontage of the Mill House Hotel. The summer flowers are always gorgeous well-tended and plentiful throughout. The photo above shows the rear gardens of the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading, with the Cedar Pavilion (gazebo) set up ready for this outdoor wedding ceremony

The Garden Room set up ready for wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading Berkshire

The larger of the two function rooms, the Garden Room, being set up ready for the wedding

Page boy getting ready for the wedding

Page boy getting ready for the wedding

Bride and bridesmaids pose for a fun photo on the wedding day at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading Berkshire

Many brides like to have some coverage of the girls getting ready, usually from a point at which they are well on the way to becoming the finished article - not so much from the crack of dawn

Bride and her father share a laugh before her Christmas wedding ceremony at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Bride and her father share a laugh before her Christmas wedding ceremony at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Groom poses for a quick photo before his outdoor wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Groom poses for a quick photo before his outdoor wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Guests watch the wedding ceremony in progress at the Mill House Hotel

Guests watch the wedding ceremony in progress at the Mill House Hotel

Bridesmaid makes a reading during the wedding ceremony at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Bridesmaid makes a reading during the wedding ceremony at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Bride and groom exchange rings at their wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield

Bride and groom exchange rings at their wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield

Guests congratulate the bride and groom at the end of the marriage ceremony at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Guests congratulate the bride and groom at the end of the marriage ceremony at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Bride and groom enjoy congratulatory drinks after the wedding ceremony

Bride and groom enjoy congratulatory drinks after the wedding ceremony

Groom and best man pose for a pre-wedding ceremony photo at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Groom and best man pose for a pre-wedding ceremony photo at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Guests shower the bride and groom with confetti after their wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Guests shower the bride and groom with confetti after their wedding at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

A golden oldie wedding photo from well over a decade ago. I recognised the groom all these years later when he did the replacement windows in my house!

Scrumptious snacks for the wedding cocktail hour at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Scrumptious snacks for the wedding cocktail hour at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Wedding guests pose for a group photo at the Mill House Hotel

Wedding guests pose for a group photo at the Mill House Hotel. The first floor window is a great vantage point

Adjacent footpaths and open fields which are great for wedding photos

There are some adjacent footpaths and open fields which are great for wedding photos

The River Loddon runs alongside the wedding venue at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading making a lovely backdrop for photos

The River Loddon runs alongside the wedding venue at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading making a lovely backdrop for photos

The marquee set up ready for the wedding reception at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

The marquee set up ready for the wedding reception at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

The receiving line in progress at the start of the wedding breakfast at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

The receiving line in progress at the start of the wedding breakfast at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

The wedding speeches are always terrific photo opportunities and video is even more so

The wedding speeches are always terrific photo opportunities and video is even more so

This bride and groom had a singing waiter

This bride and groom had a singing waiter

Bride and groom cut their impressive wedding cake at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

Bride and groom cut their impressive wedding cake at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

The groom had a big group photo with all the stag party boys in the evening at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading

The groom had a big group photo with all the stag party boys in the evening at the Mill House Hotel Swallowfield Reading